Additional Actions Needed to Improve Eligibility Verification of Providers and Suppliers.

UNITED States. Government Accountability Office ; CENTERS for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

The article presents a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office to U.S. Congressional requesters regarding additional actions required to improve eligibility verification of providers and suppliers of medicare service in the U.S. Topics include GMO's recommendation for incorporation of flags into its software by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), revision of its 2014 guidance for verifying practice locations by CMS, and active license to owned by physicians.